A twenty-two-year old man and a twenty-two year old woman miss the last train departing a station in Tokyo and become acquainted. Thus begins a five-year long romance, which develops, blossoms and goes through its cycle. The two are in love and live for the moment. They feel they are content and contemporary and there for another and shun the feelings of longing, nostalgia or even dreaming. The director began working on the film assuming the actor and actress would be his leads and has cast them here.